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and ronald reagan won a landslide. what happened was the white vote in those days was 88% and it is now down to 72% and falling. you have to get higher and higher shares of it. impossible shares of it for the republicans and that is the demographic did disaster. >> it is not a disaster. they have to reach out to nonwhites. >> since, see pat get the picture. 15 years. >> it has taken that long. >> why did black votes vote 9-1 against hillary clinton in mississippi? >> they supported her overwhelmingly initially. >> remember when black folks supported hillary 2-1 over obama? remember that? that went out the window. >> not just because of race, otherwise, they would be how soon i forget, the pizza man. how soon i forget. >> herman cain. >> he got 1.6 million fewer african-american votes than he got in 2008. >> because there has been a little bit of disappointment. i would say about that much. >> turnout is smaller john. >> what did they want him to do that he didn't do? >> he hasn't done anything specifically targeting th
and ronald reagan won a landslide. what happened was the white vote in those days was 88% and it is now down to 72% and falling. you have to get higher and higher shares of it. impossible shares of it for the republicans and that is the demographic did disaster. >> it is not a disaster. they have to reach out to nonwhites. >> since, see pat get the picture. 15 years. >> it has taken that long. >> why did black votes vote 9-1 against hillary clinton in mississippi?...
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>> ronald reagan sounded presidential precisely becau he was calm, because he didn't attempt to assert himself. didn't try to take advantage. mitt romney sounded like a presidential candidate in that he was opportunistic. he tried to use the moment. he moved really before the facts were clear. and he hurt himself in a way that is going to take him a while to undo. there's a serious argument that mitt romney should make about american power in the world and the argument is that america's weakness, that barack obama's policy of standing back, of letting these events play out, is leading to ever more disorder and violence. that's an argument the country should have. but it shouldn't have it in the heat of the moment when this comes across really, i thought, as blaming america. and not focusing on the events there. chris: does everybody agree with that? >> it seemed to me what governor romney was trying to do is what david was driving at. but he didn't do that with a statement. what he did was inject himself into a fast-moving story that was in libya and what he was criticizing with egypt
>> ronald reagan sounded presidential precisely becau he was calm, because he didn't attempt to assert himself. didn't try to take advantage. mitt romney sounded like a presidential candidate in that he was opportunistic. he tried to use the moment. he moved really before the facts were clear. and he hurt himself in a way that is going to take him a while to undo. there's a serious argument that mitt romney should make about american power in the world and the argument is that america's...
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one thing ronald reagan did, he didn't say that the economy stinks under jimmy carter, he explained mou government was strangling the economy and government had grown too big and a burden on the country. so, i think this is an effective ad if mr. romney does not fell the story how we got here and how we get out. >> paul: does he need to-- the republican candidate explain to voters why he's not the same as george w. bush? because obama is clearly trying to link the two and you say it's not better, it is better and by the way, he'd take us right bab to bush. >> i think it's late to be doing that, paul. on this bush issue, i think perhaps what romney should be doing is point out how false this charge is. george bush did not cause financial collapse of autumn of 2008. that was obviously rooted in toxic mortgage-backed securities, a policy that dated back at least 15 years, including democrats who supported this sort of thing. that's explainable. so, i think he should put some distance between himself and that and then talk about what barack obama did in response to it, which was to spend 18
one thing ronald reagan did, he didn't say that the economy stinks under jimmy carter, he explained mou government was strangling the economy and government had grown too big and a burden on the country. so, i think this is an effective ad if mr. romney does not fell the story how we got here and how we get out. >> paul: does he need to-- the republican candidate explain to voters why he's not the same as george w. bush? because obama is clearly trying to link the two and you say it's not...
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and start talk about ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan at this point in his president, 8% growth -- >> we're not debating ronald reagan -- >> he hasn't fixed it and now we see economic growth -- we're heading towards a recession. >> jennifer: we're heading towards a recession. consumer confidence is at a seven-month high, the s&p 500 is up nearly 15% year to date. but this is what fox news does when the facts don't confirm with their version of reality, they call the data skewed. >> it's very strange that big unemployment number seems to be skewed. the department may be becoming a bit partisan. i state on air, and the left goes absolutely bonkers and call me a conspiracy theorist. >> jennifer: maybe that's because you are. if fox news hosts don't like reality, they just make up their own version of events. >> the romney campaign has sent a lot of time asking a question from 1980. are you better off than four years ago, when any damn fool knows that in 2008 this country was in crisis. why would you pick that year as your fourth-year comparison. >> jennifer: i love it. really? lou dobbs
and start talk about ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan at this point in his president, 8% growth -- >> we're not debating ronald reagan -- >> he hasn't fixed it and now we see economic growth -- we're heading towards a recession. >> jennifer: we're heading towards a recession. consumer confidence is at a seven-month high, the s&p 500 is up nearly 15% year to date. but this is what fox news does when the facts don't confirm with their version of reality, they call the...
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i was in borders, a new edition of ronald reagan's diaries was just being stalked, and i did, i know a lot of people maintain the best thing that any good book is the index. particularly if they're involved in politics from they go and see if they are mentioned, and if they are they buy a copy. so spending a lot of time on index is an important thing for any author. i found an entry where reagan had said that a group of senators have come to him seeking judicial appointment for slade, who had just lost, and reagan offhandedly said well, i'll give it some consideration but he's been against everything i stood for. i don't know if you've seen the entry before, but i thought it was a real eye opener. joe covered it really welcome his columns in d.c. about the stereotypical notion that slade was a lockstep conservative, certainly wasn't born that. and trent lott in fact want to slade as his counsel because what he brought, he had a largely homogenous group of southern conservatives, and they figured with gorton as the majority leader's counsel he would stop and say wait a minute, how is
i was in borders, a new edition of ronald reagan's diaries was just being stalked, and i did, i know a lot of people maintain the best thing that any good book is the index. particularly if they're involved in politics from they go and see if they are mentioned, and if they are they buy a copy. so spending a lot of time on index is an important thing for any author. i found an entry where reagan had said that a group of senators have come to him seeking judicial appointment for slade, who had...
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he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a former george bush speech writer saying, the fact he thought it would be desirable to ignore the world for 100 days is troubling. the fact that romney is recounting this anecdote does not reflect his understanding of the job he's campaigning for. there's no foreign policy subject on which i agree with either of those guys. they are absolutely the opposite end of the number line for me in terms of what i think america should do in the world. but even though i would agree with these guys on nothing else, on this, yeah, duh, i think we can agree that foreign pol
he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a...
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming. we will see you elsewhere during the day. >> here is a look at some of what we are covering on the c- span network today. at 1230 on c-span, the federalist society previews the upcoming supreme court term. remarks from education secretary arne duncan on c-span 2, the new america foundation looks at child care and education policy.
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming....
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didn't happen and the reason why mitt romney really was no ronald reagan is because ron reagan connected with voters he was an actor he had that ability to even you know even though he. might not understand or or voters might not be able to connect with his his life style ronald reagan's life style i mean obviously he was he was very well off but at the same time he was able to to connect with them on a very personal level that twinkle in his eye they feel that they like to able to connect with democrat was democratic crossover democratic independent voters who he appealed to mitt romney didn't have that appeal so it wasn't the same kind of you know steve i mean i'm kind of neutral here on this one ok but i'll give. you're a man what credit for he's a great campaigner i don't know if he's a great president i don't know if he's a great politician but he's a great campaigner he was just more likable than romney i think you'd agree with that but the third point at least. actually i think he's personally much much more likable than mitt romney but the final exit polls actually showed that ro
didn't happen and the reason why mitt romney really was no ronald reagan is because ron reagan connected with voters he was an actor he had that ability to even you know even though he. might not understand or or voters might not be able to connect with his his life style ronald reagan's life style i mean obviously he was he was very well off but at the same time he was able to to connect with them on a very personal level that twinkle in his eye they feel that they like to able to connect with...
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and i think it's great to pay tribute to ronald reagan. he was one of the greatest presidents ever. >>> ahead, a scary moment for australia's leader. plus what happened on that tarmac in arizona? governor jan brewer on her exchange with the president.
and i think it's great to pay tribute to ronald reagan. he was one of the greatest presidents ever. >>> ahead, a scary moment for australia's leader. plus what happened on that tarmac in arizona? governor jan brewer on her exchange with the president.
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reagan came along. and he. he would have likely used hartings same exact platform of more business and government less government business had it not been badly tarnished instead reagan put in place basically the same exact policies as already rolling back labor protections even singlehandedly breaking up the air traffic controllers union known as patco he pushed deregulation like harding did he gave nearly an identical tax cut to the rich is top top tax rate from seventy four percent to twenty eight percent and just like hardens policies led to an economic catastrophe within a decade or so did reagan when the newly deregulated savings and loan industry collapsed in the late one nine hundred eighty s. once again more business in government bad idea yet it was tried once again in two thousand when george w. bush was elected president of the nation's first m.b.a. president within a decade of a businessman moving into the white house bush's tax cuts and deregulation once again crashed our economy putting u
reagan came along. and he. he would have likely used hartings same exact platform of more business and government less government business had it not been badly tarnished instead reagan put in place basically the same exact policies as already rolling back labor protections even singlehandedly breaking up the air traffic controllers union known as patco he pushed deregulation like harding did he gave nearly an identical tax cut to the rich is top top tax rate from seventy four percent to twenty...
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the party has just nominated a guy who is 1515 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, and aa district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. the democrat running as an national democrat vanquished the republican, who was an a iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and that was a loser, folks. take that as an example where wee are going in the ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone for just $99.99
the party has just nominated a guy who is 1515 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, and aa district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. the democrat running as an national democrat vanquished the republican, who was an a iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and...
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. >> remember, ronald reagan was called the great communicator. he didn't give himself that night. but in his farewell address as president he said -- they call me that come out take that, but really i was communicating the idea that came from the american people. that was an old constructs that made -- reagan had a way of doing it. we still remember the shining city on the hill. the city on the hill comes from the new testament but in our country it comes from john blunt threat and was quoted by many presidents, including john kennedy, massachusetts man. but when reagan included shiny -- in that speech he actually defines it. windswept -- teaming with activity, if there have to be walls the walls have doors and the doors open to anybody who wants to come. >> another version of the sun -- >> from churchill. >> the one word can modify a very plebeian fought into a really great thought. >> and yet there are speech is that presidents can make that can just turn things upside down. but the speech that included the axis of evil. if ever things were turned upside down in our foreign poli
. >> remember, ronald reagan was called the great communicator. he didn't give himself that night. but in his farewell address as president he said -- they call me that come out take that, but really i was communicating the idea that came from the american people. that was an old constructs that made -- reagan had a way of doing it. we still remember the shining city on the hill. the city on the hill comes from the new testament but in our country it comes from john blunt threat and was...
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reagan, and george w. bush contributed to. neil: thank you, sir, pat, always a pleasure. >> always. thank you very much, neil. neil: all right, well i have a filing this might come up as a debate next week it could be a game changer that maybe media is wrong page. we are out in denver for the opening salvo, what will be for debate that kicks in denver could we're there 8:00 p.m. eastern time through midnight, unlike a lot of other business networks that say, yeah it is a big election, be there or be square, we're there. you know, until we're not. don't be late. >> meanwhile, the guy who said that president obama push to make taxes high, might have hit a new low, did the president say rich guys who point lovs who dor taxes don't love their country? >> and why the guys in charge are charging us right off the cliff. neil: president coming out swinging, hitting his favorite target, rich fies guys, with a patriotic duty to pay more. so jay, you hear this, and are you offended or what? >> i think it's shameful o
reagan, and george w. bush contributed to. neil: thank you, sir, pat, always a pleasure. >> always. thank you very much, neil. neil: all right, well i have a filing this might come up as a debate next week it could be a game changer that maybe media is wrong page. we are out in denver for the opening salvo, what will be for debate that kicks in denver could we're there 8:00 p.m. eastern time through midnight, unlike a lot of other business networks that say, yeah it is a big election, be...
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think about ronald reagan, a comparable time in his reelection, and it is historically the lowest since the second world war. that is the reason that the jobs problem is going to remain stagnant between now and election day. >> look at the election of 1952. harry truman is seen as a great president, and if you look back at that time, all these trivial scandals. >> and a lot of people hated them. newt gingrich prepares to leave the ring. >> we will be in camp as the nominee in august -- tampa as the nominee in august. >> didn't work out that way. if you don't believe in yourself, nina, who else is going to? >> some people believe in newt. he has been down and out before, and he comes back with a great pontificating life and makes a fortune while he does it, i suspect he will do it one more time. >> newt is always on the fine line between a visionary and fool. but you know, he has been a visionary before, so he could come back. >> not at the presidential level. he is not cut out for that job. but he is smart, talented, and often has good ideas. i would like to see him as u.n. ambassador.
think about ronald reagan, a comparable time in his reelection, and it is historically the lowest since the second world war. that is the reason that the jobs problem is going to remain stagnant between now and election day. >> look at the election of 1952. harry truman is seen as a great president, and if you look back at that time, all these trivial scandals. >> and a lot of people hated them. newt gingrich prepares to leave the ring. >> we will be in camp as the nominee in...
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reagan during the last recession when it was a huge increase in government spending to get out of that recession and guess what it worked because that's how. economics works we had a huge buildup in our defense budget a necessary one because we had a progressive president carter who had unilaterally disarmed discounter the same way this president had it that's absolutely look i think horse is right about the the dates you can move i believe a look at this study they moved what happened in two thousand and nine. with the stimulus package which was well three quarters of the sollars out of the two thousand and nine really the year of two thousand and nine was the last bush budget yes but in the in the while you have no say in the way that the congressional budget office scores these things. the stimulus package that barack obama signed into law in two thousand and nine is a part of the judea allison on budget budget and so in this particular study it's given to bush with a bigger there's a bigger question here which is spending by not not budgetary spending but non budgetary spending spe
reagan during the last recession when it was a huge increase in government spending to get out of that recession and guess what it worked because that's how. economics works we had a huge buildup in our defense budget a necessary one because we had a progressive president carter who had unilaterally disarmed discounter the same way this president had it that's absolutely look i think horse is right about the the dates you can move i believe a look at this study they moved what happened in two...
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in rolled ronald reagan to reassert american supremacy in the world. now, that wasn't necessarily the experience of the population at large. to the population at large, america was in a recession at the end of jimmy carter's first term in 19080, experiencing a recovery in 1984. the voting was essentially reflection of the economy reality of the day. the stung in 1980, it was getting better in 84, reagan won again. this year, central retore i cal challenge that barack obama has faced and faces now is not a nation recovering from a financial crisis. but a national psyche that once again is haunted by the specter of permanent american decline. for his likely opponent the fall the way to run against barack obama is clear, blame him entirely for the economic difficulties and insinuate sometimes not so softly, that if reelected, barack obama will guarantee irrepairable damage to american supremacy. >> this campaign is about more than replacing a president. it's about saving the soul of america. president obama and i have very different visions of america. pr
in rolled ronald reagan to reassert american supremacy in the world. now, that wasn't necessarily the experience of the population at large. to the population at large, america was in a recession at the end of jimmy carter's first term in 19080, experiencing a recovery in 1984. the voting was essentially reflection of the economy reality of the day. the stung in 1980, it was getting better in 84, reagan won again. this year, central retore i cal challenge that barack obama has faced and faces...
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the party just nominated a man who was 15 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal than him. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, in a district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. democrat, running as a national democrat, vanquished the republican, who was an iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and that was a loser, folks. take that as an example of where we are going in the debate in 2012. >> colby, this week the federal reserve reported what most of us know already, that our net worth is shrinking. median net net worth declined to $77,300 in 2012. a lot of that is housing. median on equity dropped 42.3%. >> this is pre-barack obama. that is an argument we are going to hear over and over again, who is responsible for it. i would like to not shifted gears but to stay on the subject of 2012, especially as far as congress is concerned. that is where we are going to see real ac
the party just nominated a man who was 15 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal than him. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, in a district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. democrat, running as a national democrat, vanquished the republican, who was an iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and...
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reagan best put it when he said, years ago, when he was a democrat, did you know ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it, he did not leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you that the republican party, in 1980, when i was elected in the senate, was a vastly different republican party than it was as we moved into the 21st century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an confusion of funding, that we would be heading for a 1930-style depression. we had seen a few months earlier, when george w. bush was the president, that he came up with a $700 billion package to assist the banking and automotive industries. $700 billion was a twin brother to what president obama came up with a few months later. a hundred and $78 billion -- $878 billion. the bush wrote -- the bush program was voted down. this got me to the stock market brought down 700 points in september of 2008. -- the stock market brought down 700 points in september of 2008. kennedy said if you do not pass this package, you will turn geo
reagan best put it when he said, years ago, when he was a democrat, did you know ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it, he did not leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you that the republican party, in 1980, when i was elected in the senate, was a vastly different republican party than it was as we moved into the 21st century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an confusion of funding, that we...
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chris: the second time a debate turned things around was ronald reagan's direct appeal to voters in his first and only faceoff with president jimmy carter. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? do you feel that our security is as safe? that we're as strong as we were four years ago? chris: after that, the next day's "new york times" told the story of how critical that became. the are you better off question took hold. the third time a debate turned the race around was this first debate between vice president al gore and george w. bush. the vice president hurt himself with his notorious sighs. [sighing] chris: and then in the third debate, this exchange was a killer for gore. >> the difference is that i can get it done. that i can get something positive done on behalf of the people. that's what the question in this campaign is about. it's not only what your philosophy and what's your position on issues, but can you get things done? [laughter] and i believe i can. >> what about the norwood bi
chris: the second time a debate turned things around was ronald reagan's direct appeal to voters in his first and only faceoff with president jimmy carter. >> are you better off than you were four years ago? is it easier for you to go and buy things in the stores than it was four years ago? do you feel that our security is as safe? that we're as strong as we were four years ago? chris: after that, the next day's "new york times" told the story of how critical that became. the...
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, the one glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act of 1984. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1985. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. the continuing resolution for 1987. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1987 and the continuing resolution for 1988. that was the longest intro i have had since this show began. nicolle, it gave you plenty of time to think perhaps of the answer to this question, which is if mitt romney is a republican in the model of ronald reagan, do you think he will raise taxes? >> i want to go back to what you said about jeb bush, because what jeb bush was saying wasn't that reagan was too moderate to be a republican by today's standard. it was that he was too productive. what reagan did, and that list was a list of legislative
, the one glaring difference is ronald reagan raised taxes 11 times, in fact. the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982. the highway revenue act of 1982. the social security amendments of 1983. the railroad retirement revenue act of 1983. the deficit reduction act of 1984. the consolidated omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1985. the omnibus budget reconciliation act of 1986. the superfund amendments and reauthorization act of 1986. the continuing resolution for 1987. the omnibus...
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and i alluded to ronald reagan who was open to getting some if not most of what he wanted because it meant getting none of what he wanted. jerry brown tax cut which was a flat tax rate on everyone. no progressivity and replacing all federal taxes with two flat rate taxes it was not revenue neutral and it had a little bit of positive revenue. i supported that all of the way because of the tremendous boon bye getting rid of the income tax and i think it would have been wonderful. we need to compromise on all of the issues but not until we have a good position. i don't want to compromise before we start the discussion. i think -- >> wait until the election. >> and then sit down with your people. you don't give away your fail back position before you start. >> we'll see. thank you very much. >>> and how the rest of the world, thank you. and how the rest of the world is viewing us and this and the back and forth and dismissing all of not that they are q. in great shape themselves. but we are hardly looking like fiscal jack lalanes. can what is happens over there happen over here? don't la
and i alluded to ronald reagan who was open to getting some if not most of what he wanted because it meant getting none of what he wanted. jerry brown tax cut which was a flat tax rate on everyone. no progressivity and replacing all federal taxes with two flat rate taxes it was not revenue neutral and it had a little bit of positive revenue. i supported that all of the way because of the tremendous boon bye getting rid of the income tax and i think it would have been wonderful. we need to...
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ronald reagan and tip o'neill. >> you voted against simpson bowls. >> i put my own package out there, that's what leaders do. >> how exactly is paul ryan helping the republican ticket? >> at this point, i'm not sure he's helping the ticket, i'm also not sure he's helping himself. if you would have asked republicans who do they want to run in 2016, a lot of them would have said paul ryan, republicans really liked him and saw someone who kind of believed in things and had an agenda. now he pretty much sounds like mitt romney. he's now against things he was for bripreviously. it's definitely not at this point, no poll has shown paul ryan helping the ticket, except for in wisconsin where they have moved up a little bit. paul ryan not really on the ticket, and the marathon thing was not only embarrassing to the tickets entirely. >> does that explain why romney is now running two campaigns, one for vice president and the other to hold on the his seat in congress? do you think he's hedging his bets and realizing that he and mitt romney will most likely lose in november? >> don't think it's n
ronald reagan and tip o'neill. >> you voted against simpson bowls. >> i put my own package out there, that's what leaders do. >> how exactly is paul ryan helping the republican ticket? >> at this point, i'm not sure he's helping the ticket, i'm also not sure he's helping himself. if you would have asked republicans who do they want to run in 2016, a lot of them would have said paul ryan, republicans really liked him and saw someone who kind of believed in things and had...
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march 20, 1984, president ronald reagan. so, ronald reagan was a food stamp president but newt gingrich is distancing himself from him? >> he argues the case worse than that. he says i want to teach african americans to want to have jobs over food stamps. better to get a paid job. that has never been an issue. there are people who are working, low incomes, who are getting food stamps. he knows better. he also knows how to play this thing. he knows how to use the code. and in south carolina especially, race matters. >> whatever he is doing, he is surging. >> he is surging. newt knows how to play this game. as charles said, he is in his own backyard, next to georgia, and he is incredibly good. it does not matter there are more people on food stamps under george w. bush, does not matter that his suggestion is minorities are the ones who get food stamps -- far more white people get food stamps. it does not matter that working people get food stamps in order to feed their family. facts don't matter to him, and it makes for great
march 20, 1984, president ronald reagan. so, ronald reagan was a food stamp president but newt gingrich is distancing himself from him? >> he argues the case worse than that. he says i want to teach african americans to want to have jobs over food stamps. better to get a paid job. that has never been an issue. there are people who are working, low incomes, who are getting food stamps. he knows better. he also knows how to play this thing. he knows how to use the code. and in south...
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reagan. >> or you. >> he doesn't have those candidate skills. but he is a very capable guy who is for the right things, and we talk about $2 trillion sitting on the sideline and obama can't do anything about it because of this congress. well, the $2 trillion is sitting on the sidelines because of the democrat can congress he controlled when he wanted to give them the highest tax increase in the country fell primarily on employers. it was a plan where you put every budget he proposed -- >> bush is living under a tax program right now. george w. bush's tax regime is what we're under right now. all the tax cuts that bush wanted are still in place. we're living in a world designed fiscally by george w. bush and obama hasn't been able to change it an inch. >> just a quick point. obama gets attacked on occasion for extending the bush tax cuts, and then we turn around and get people like the governor who says he's done a lot to raise taxes. there is a great bloomberg piece that says regulation is down on obama. fewer regulations. he gets attacked as th
reagan. >> or you. >> he doesn't have those candidate skills. but he is a very capable guy who is for the right things, and we talk about $2 trillion sitting on the sideline and obama can't do anything about it because of this congress. well, the $2 trillion is sitting on the sidelines because of the democrat can congress he controlled when he wanted to give them the highest tax increase in the country fell primarily on employers. it was a plan where you put every budget he proposed...
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no, i'm ronald reagan. no, i'm ronald reagan. >> i think it matters because they want to say, mirror mirror on the wall who's the most conservative and the true conservative of them all. but what jeb bush said to you before i think is something that ronald reagan would agree with. and that is, you know what, you guys are arguing with each other this way and you're giving the democrats all kinds of ammunition. and it's not the way the party needs to present itself to the american public if you want to win an election. and i think that's what ronald reagan would say. >> i don't want to suggest any drinking games but maybe just a game. we'll count how many times ronald reagan gets mentioned in the debate tonight. our chief political analyst gloria borger. mitt romney's campaign acknowledged tonight it's look over discrepancies between the former massachusetts governor's tax returns and his federal disclosure forms. -- 23 funds in partnerships that were not explicitly listed in a financial disclosure form he fi
no, i'm ronald reagan. no, i'm ronald reagan. >> i think it matters because they want to say, mirror mirror on the wall who's the most conservative and the true conservative of them all. but what jeb bush said to you before i think is something that ronald reagan would agree with. and that is, you know what, you guys are arguing with each other this way and you're giving the democrats all kinds of ammunition. and it's not the way the party needs to present itself to the american public if...
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. >> eliot: part of the reason for this is there is this huge chasm when the imagery of ronald reagan and the reality of how he governed. the article is titled "who is driving mitt," eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine, thank you for time you tonight. >> thank you. >> eliot: and we'll show you every clumsy thing mitt romney ever did. it's in the viewfinder coming up next. when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something bigger. for healthy tips and more, visit lysol.com/missionforhealth. >> eliot: >> eliot: still to come signs of life in the union movement lessons from the chicago teacher's strike. but you heard me say it once or twice, mitt romney is the most awkward politician ever. >> ladies and gentlemen, time for a new segment, this is called mitt romney, that's kind of a joke. watch this. ♪ >> my dad used to tell us that one year they ate nothing but potatoes, that was when they lived in idaho. even later in life my dad couldn't look a potato in the eye. kind of a joke. >> people are saying i just don't know about this fellow romney. [ boo
. >> eliot: part of the reason for this is there is this huge chasm when the imagery of ronald reagan and the reality of how he governed. the article is titled "who is driving mitt," eric bates, executive editor of "rollingstone" magazine, thank you for time you tonight. >> thank you. >> eliot: and we'll show you every clumsy thing mitt romney ever did. it's in the viewfinder coming up next. when you use lysol at home, you'll know you're a part of something...
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reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford, john mccain. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich. has got to break out of that mold. last >> word. enjoy your weekend. see you next week. narrator: joan mirÓ lived through the most tempestuous years of the twentieth century. in his 70-year-career, his commitment to art was equaled by a fierce commitment to his native catalonia.
reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford, john mccain. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich. has got to break out of that mold. last >> word. enjoy your weekend. see you next week. narrator: joan mirÓ lived through the most tempestuous years of the twentieth century. in his 70-year-career, his commitment to art was equaled by a fierce commitment to his native catalonia.
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reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford, john mccain. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich. has got to break out of that mold. last >> word. enjoy your weekend. see you next week.
reagan, richard nixon, gerald ford, john mccain. mitt romney reinforces the republican stereotyped as the rich taking care of the rich. has got to break out of that mold. last >> word. enjoy your weekend. see you next week.